While in middle of some work with my game here and in kind of intellectual break (from ideas brainstorming I have only storming for last few days) I wanted to help all you out with something I think you may find useful.
Since all this website is about game programming, browser based games and their development, for all you out there who wish to create your own game based on someones engine, I’ll throw out a list of premade scripts known to me:
So, here we go, several games listed, with description, and my personal comment:
- ezRPG
An online RPG game script from BBGameZone. Still in beta but has several fine modules which you surely can use. It doesn’t bring anything superbly new in gaming world, but its free, it’s nicely coded and so far stable.
Download from link:
http://ezrpg.bbgamezone.com/wiki/download - KittoKittoKitto
is an open-source (GPL v3) virtual pet site template app, providing all of the basic functionality you need to start a petgame. It is targeted towards those who are proficient with PHP or are trying to learn PHP. I find it very basic, but can also provide very good start for any of you who would like to go that way in browser based game dev
Download from:
http://www.virtualpetlist.com/showthread.php?t=7688 - World of Phaos
is a really good and quite much developed browser RPG script. It’s been around for few years and progressed much. I used it long time ago, and even from then Zeke did much on commenting code and rounding up functions, so I guess you can get a full working script with this one. And great administration area. With map
WebRPG in no time? You’d bet on it!
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=111506 - Dragon Knight
The Dragon Knight game engine is an online game system created by Jamin Seven. It is an RPG-style game in which characters explore the map, fight monsters, gain experience and buy items, among other things. Game is awesome, and has great community made mod list, which can aid you in customizing. But, I must warn you - beside beeing one of most promising out there, it has severe problems with server load. I am affraid that despite what were, I believe, good coding intentions, performance of script on load of more than several users is bad. In numbers: it cannot sustain more than 15-20 players online at the same time. Still, if you think you’re up for a rewrite or just to learn something, go ahead. Like I said, too bad for such a good potential.
Download link:
http://dragon.se7enet.com/dev.php - Legend of the Green Dragon
Old one, if not mistaking, oldest, but good one, for sure. I never tried it, since it’s spreaded much and used in many games online, but - (as there is always but): with proper skills and love for dev, you can make a great game for yourself. It is text based and doesn’t provide as many shiny features as some above do, but remember - it’s logic that counts, not shiny things
Download link:
http://dragonprime.net/
There are several other scripts that can be found online, like:
- Merchant Empire
- Voided Alliance
- Solar Empire
- BlackNova Traders
…but I’ll leave it to you to google’em up and study em as they’re very complex scripts and mostly old ones. Not that that’s bad but you might run in trouble while installing or using ‘em.
NOTE:
If you choose to install or use any other script than Dominant Creature and have any problems with it, feel free to join our community and share your problems, look for solution and I myself or someone else may be of assistance. (if you describe problem properyl :p )
Have a nice day, folks.
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http://www.bbgdev.com/free-and-open-source/open-source-browser-based-games-list-part-ii/